Failure of BE in fasting studies [Study As­sess­ment]

posted by Dr_Dan  – Germany, 2012-10-11 13:43 (5002 d 03:22 ago) – Posting: # 9385
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Dear drsinghs

❝ Is it possible that a formulation will pass in replicate design and same will fail in 2 way crossover?


❝ What impact will be on ratio and 90% CI, If I test same formulation in 2 way crossover and replicate design?


If the replicate design and the 2 way crossover have the same power and the same intra-subject variability then these two studies will have the same chance to pass (or fail). In your case (same formulations) it solely depends on sample size:
  1. Theta (%): the target ratio in average BA between the two formulations expressed in percentage of the average reference BA.
  2. Power (%): the least statistical power to detect (1-Power) differences between the Test and the Reference formulation.
  3. CV (%): the intra-subject coefficient of variation for crossover(or replicate crossover) study.
  4. Lower acceptance limit represents the lower BE criteria to be accepted;
    the upper acceptance limit is equal to 1/(lower acceptance limit). Usually the lower limit can be 80.000% or, 70.000% in some cases.
  Upper acceptance limit = 125 %
  Lower acceptance limit = 80 %
      Expected ratio T/R = 95.00 %
            Target power = 80.00 %
        Intra-subject CV = 20.0 %

  study     2x2x2        2x2x3       2x2x4
  design  crossover   replicated   replicated
 ------- ----------- ------------ ------------
    N        20          16           10

         Estimated power = 83.46802 %


For a given intra-subject CV of for example 20.0 % you need in a full replicate design 10 subjects, in a half replicate dasign 16 subjects and in a 2 way crossover design 20 subjects to show bioequivalence in the general acceptance range of 80 - 125% with a power of more than 80% each.
I hope this helps
Kind regards
Dan

Kind regards and have a nice day
Dr_Dan

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